Valerie was seated on her bed staring at her phone. There was no call from Ethan which meant that he was not returning today. The door opened and Elizabeth walked in, and gently sat down beside her. “Why do you look so worried?”“It's nothing more, I know I'm just overthinking but I can't help but worry. Military missions are usually very dangerous, you know.”She smiled, “can I tell you something?” Valerie nodded slowly. “All those years ago when Desmond made sure that Ethan was sent to the military, you know what kept me going? Hope. Then I was worried sick because my son knew nothing about the military and I was worried if he would be able to survive it. Years later he returned as the legion commander.”A small smile formed on Valerie’s face. “Ethan is tough, don't worry too much about him. He'll be fine.”“Thank you.” She pulled Elizabeth into a hug. Noticing all the bags in the corner, the older woman spoke. “Let me help you get these downstairs.” “No mom, it's okay, I got it
Leilani gasped upon hearing that it was police outside. The laws in Ivar were strict and it would be very difficult to prove your innocence in a matter like this. Two men were lying in their pool of blood in her house and one was held hostage in the dining area, while another two were dreadland soldiers, the public enemies of Ivar. Ethan and Keith would definitely be used as scapegoats if the police were to arrest them. “What do we do?” she whispered in a panicked voice. Ethan had to think on his feet. From his peripheral vision, he caught a glimpse of a staircase that descended. “Is that the basement?” He asked her. She nodded. “I keep old things there and some of my tailoring materials for my business too.”“Keith, help me drag these bodies downstairs. Leilani, try to mop the blood stains off the walls, if you have some red watercolor, that would be great too, give the kids some, make it look like they’re painting.”The doorbell rang again, making everybody tense up and hurry wi
Skyler was holding her bag and rushing towards the class, she was running late already and she knew it. Today was her first official class. She set an alarm but she was certain Samantha must have turned it off the moment it started ringing and didn’t bother to wake her up. She pushed open the door and all heads turned to face her. She held her breath as if she was under the spotlight and being thoroughly scrutinized. Some people whispered things into the ears of their friends and began to snicker.Embarrassment washed over her even though she wasn’t sure whether or not they were talking about her. She lowered her head and tried to make her way to the back seat. “Hey there Dorathy, not so fast.”The lecturer, a man who looked like he was in his mid thirties, said from the front of the class. Muffled laughter emanated from some of the students and they tried to cover their mouths with their palms. “My name is not Dorathy, its-”“I don’t care,” he talked over her, interjecting her in th
The officer faced Leilani, shooting her a suspicious glare. She was standing in the distance so she couldn’t make out what the policemen were discussing, one thing she knew for sure was that they didn’t trust her. She gently pulled Keith aside to the corner. “These men are starting to suspect something, what do we do?” she whispered. Getting caught would be very detrimental to them, in this country there would be no way to save them. The government would most likely order for the execution of Keith and Ethan just for the mere fact that they were dreadland soldiers. He held Leilani’s hands tight. “Don’t worry, just act natural, they don’t have the right to search the whole house, they don’t have a search warrant. I’ll let them search a little and then demand they leave for privacy purposes.”As they were rounding up their discussion and coming out of the corner, so were the men. “Why are these children crying?” the brown haired one asked. “I thought they were just playing with their
Skyler slowly made her way to the front, she knew all Mr Timothy wanted to do was to embarrass her in front of everybody. Her slow steps took her to the front where she sat down.“Yes?” She asked when she reached the front. “I see that instead of you listening in my class, you're busy chatting with your boyfriend in the back.”She felt very embarrassed, and even more so for Raul. Almost the entire class turned to face him and some people laughed. The three girls who were sitting in front were also laughing and looking at her. She felt anger bubbling within her because these girls were also making noise, in fact more noise than she was making. Yet Timothy turned a blind eye to it. “So you will be solving the next equation,” he said with a smile and handed the marker over to her. She raised her head to look at the board. He hadn't taught them this topic, yet alone teaching them how to solve this equation. He had intentionally given her a new topic just so that she could fail and he
The police officer near the door and Leilani held her breath in anticipation. Ethan who was on the other side pressed his hands against Bruno's mouth. It was either sudden movement that had caused the sound inside because he had unintentionally toppled over something and it dropped to the ground with a thud.Keith formed a fist with his hand, ready to attack. There was a buzz coming from the officer's pocket, it was the screeching sound of his communicator or buzzing.He picked it up and brought it near his mouth. “Officer Brian, there's a case of theft at liberty lane and the suspect is on the move, I repeat the suspect is on the move!” The Voice from the other side of the receiver called. The officer shared a look with his partner, of course they had to do something. “This is an emergency and we have to attend to it, but we will be back.” With that the two officers left the house and rushed into their car then drove off. Leilani let out a breath she didn't even know she was hold
If you people in the class were stunned by Skyler's bravery. Even Raul lowered his head, not wanting any conflict. Amy scoffed and then folded her hands. “How dare you talk back to me in such a manner, do you know who I am? I am the granddaughter of the Rogers family. We’re one of the most influential and important families in this city.”Skyler looked her in the eyes. “Read my lips, I don't care.”Her carefree attitude made Amy even angrier. “How does someone who is a fake Vanguard even have this much attitude? Where do you get it from? What is backing you up? You're nothing but a poor church rat who got here on a scholarship.”A few people laughed because of what Amy said about Skyler being a fake Vanguard. Raul tried to grab Skyler's hand from under the table to signal her to calm down but Skyler was too hot-headed for that.She got on her feet, coming to the same eye level with Amy and her friends. “This poor church rat wrote the most difficult exam in the country to get a schola
She was in the room that Stacey had reserved for them. It was two people per room, and since they were sisters she and Renée took the same room.Monica and Janet would be staying together in another room. Stacey and her husband were sharing the last room together. Their relatives would start trooping in any moment from tomorrow as it was a 3-day event. However the bridesmaids arrived a bit earlier so they could help Stacey with the planning. Valerie's eyes were glued to the ceiling as she was sprawled out on the bed. Earlier when she confronted her sister about who she was calling, Renee just told her that since her car got destroyed in the accident and still in police custody, she was calling the dealer for another one. But she knew it was a lie because right now all the money available was being geared towards campaigns. She knew her father Clifford very well, this was not the time he would be willing to spend money to get a brand new car for Renee.However she didn't want to pre